Acting

Alan Badel

Born September 11, 1923 · Rusholme, Manchester, England

Died March 19, 1982 · aged 58

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Fernand Badel (11 September 1923 – 19 March 1982) was a distinguished English stage actor who also appeared frequently in the cinema, radio and television and was noted for his richly textured voice which was once described as "the sound of tears". Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Badel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributo…

Known For

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal · 1973

The Day of the Jackal

MovieActionThriller

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone · 1978

Force 10 from Navarone

MovieDramaAdventure

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch · 1978

The Medusa Touch

MovieHorrorThriller

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.

Telefon

Telefon · 1977

MovieThrillerAction

Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem. Dalchimski flees to the U.S. and starts phoning these agents who perform sabotage acts against military targets.

Children of the Damned

Children of the Damned · 1964

Children of the Damned

MovieDramaHorror

Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.

Arabesque

Arabesque · 1966

MovieThrillerComedy

When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi. Meanwhile, Beshraavi's lover, Yasmin Azir, seems willing to aid Pollock -- but is she really on his side?

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life · 1963

This Sporting Life

In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.

The Adventurers

The Adventurers · 1970

The Adventurers

MovieDramaAction

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country- a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he'd assumed.

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The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal · 1973

The Day of the Jackal

MovieActionThriller

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

the Minister

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone · 1978

Force 10 from Navarone

MovieDramaAdventure

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.

Petrovitch

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch · 1978

The Medusa Touch

MovieHorrorThriller

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.

Barrister

Telefon

Telefon · 1977

MovieThrillerAction

Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem. Dalchimski flees to the U.S. and starts phoning these agents who perform sabotage acts against military targets.

Colonel Malchenko

Children of the Damned

Children of the Damned · 1964

Children of the Damned

MovieDramaHorror

Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.

David Neville

Arabesque

Arabesque · 1966

MovieThrillerComedy

When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi. Meanwhile, Beshraavi's lover, Yasmin Azir, seems willing to aid Pollock -- but is she really on his side?

Nejim Beshraavi

This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life · 1963

This Sporting Life

In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.

Gerald Weaver

The Adventurers

The Adventurers · 1970

The Adventurers

MovieDramaAction

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country- a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he'd assumed.

President Rojo

Agatha

MovieDramaMystery

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.

Lord Brackenbury

Salome

MovieDramaRomance

In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending the king to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are (contrary to Scripture) nearing conversion to the new religion. And the famous climactic dance turns out to have unexpected implications...

John the Baptist

Otley

MovieComedyThriller

A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.

Alec Hadrian

The Lover

The Lover · 1963

A sophisticated suburban couple try to enliven their marriage with erotic role-playing, but find their new games even more repressive than before.

Richard

Magic Fire

Magic Fire · 1955

MovieDramaRomance

Director William Dieterle's film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, Alan Badel and Valentina Cortese.

Richard Wagner

Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest · 1963

A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London is the price too high?

Karl

Where's Jack?

Where's Jack? · 1969

MovieAdventureCrime

Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.

Lord Chancellor

Nijinsky

Nijinsky · 1980

MovieDramaMusic

A ballet dancer struggles with his homosexuality and the increasing allure of a young ballerina who seeks to draw him away from his domineering lover.

Baron de Gunzburg

The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy · 1977

The Winslow Boy

The term at Osborne Naval College is not yet over. Why, therefore, has cadet Ronnie Winslow returned home? And why, moreover, is he hiding in the garden in the rain?

Sir Robert Morton

The Riddle of the Sands

The Riddle of the Sands · 1979

The Riddle of the Sands

MovieActionDrama

In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible scheme, but must outwit not only the cream of the German Navy, but the feared Kaiser Wilhelm himself.

Dollmann

Luther

A 16th-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart.

Cardinal Cajetan de Vio

Three Cases of Murder

Three Cases of Murder · 1955

Three Cases of Murder

MovieMysteryHorror

An atmospheric British omnibus film presenting three tales of murder and the supernatural. In “In the Picture,” a museum attendant is drawn into the eerie world within a painting. In “You Killed Elizabeth,” two lifelong friends become suspects when the woman they both love is murdered. In “Lord Mountdrago,” a disgraced politician seeks revenge on a powerful statesman by exploiting his dreams. Linked by a recurring figure, the film blends psychological horror, mystery, and fantasy across its three interconnected stories.

Owen (segment "Lord Mountdrago") / Mr. X (segment "In the Picture") / Harry (segment "You Killed Elizabeth")

King Lear

King Lear · 1953

MovieTV MovieHistory

In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.

Fool

Leonardo Da Vinci The Tragic Pursuit of Perfection

Leonardo Da Vinci The Tragic Pursuit of Perfection · 1953

Leonardo Da Vinci The Tragic Pursuit of Perfection

MovieDocumentary

A portrait of the artist as a "sublime demon with the archangel's face", with an innovative musique concrète soundtrack.

Narrator

Where Adam Stood

Where Adam Stood · 1976

Where Adam Stood

MovieDramaTV Movie

Based on the 1907 autobiography "Father and Son" by Christian fundamentalist and naturalist Edmund Gosse, but Dennis Potter adapted only one section of the book, adding much material of his own invention. With a literal belief in the Old Testament, Philip Gosse is opposed to the new theories of Charles Darwin, espoused here by biologist Brackley. Assuming "the Lord's will" determines the fate of his ailing son Edmund, Philip Gosse creates a life-threatening situation, even suggesting the illness is God's punishment because of Edmund's desire for a toy ship.

Philip Gosse

Will Any Gentleman...?

Will Any Gentleman...? · 1953

Will Any Gentleman...?

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.

The Great Mendoza

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play · 1964

The Wednesday Play

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

Rory Farquhar

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month · 1965

BBC Play of the Month

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse · 1967

ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.

Edward Kimberley

Omnibus

Omnibus · 1952

Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

Fool

Theatre 625

Theatre 625 · 1964

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Henry IV

Shōgun

Shōgun · 1980

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

Father Dell'Aqua

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week · 1977

BBC2 Play of the Week

SeriesDramaComedy

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

Michael Arlen

The Agatha Christie Hour

The Agatha Christie Hour · 1982

The Agatha Christie Hour

SeriesAction & AdventureMystery

This ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with wide-ranging themes. Some were romances, some had supernatural themes and a couple were adventures. The common link was that all came from the talented pen of Agatha Christie, all were entertaining and each drama was carefully crafted and well cast with many of Britain's best known actors of the time represented.

Sir Alington West

Bill Brand · 1976

Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.

David Last

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo · 1964

The Count of Monte Cristo

SeriesAction & AdventureMystery

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

Edmond Dantès

The Woman in White

The Woman in White · 1982

The Woman in White

In Victorian England, Laura and her half-sister Marian are entwined in a terrifying web of deceit. Laura's doppelganger, a mysterious woman dressed all in white, may hold the key to unlock the mystery.

Count Fosco

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre · 1956

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Don Juan

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice · 1958

Pride and Prejudice

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.

Fitzwilliam Darcy